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Lebanon to start sending Syrian refugees back home despite ‘risk of abuse’

Lebanon says programme is ‘voluntary’ but rights groups warn other returnees have faced arrests, detention, enforced disappearance and torture

The Independent UK

Paris trial opens over crimes against humanity in Liberia

A former Liberian rebel is going on trial in Paris on charges of crimes against humanity, torture and acts of barbarism during the West African country’s civil war in the 1990s

The Independent UK

‘Greenwashing’, LGBTQ+ ‘torture’, and human rights abuses: why COP27 is proving controversial

With just one month to go, the climate summit is already set to be the most controversial yet

Evening Standard

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French cities ditch World Cup festivities to protest Qatar’s record on human rights, environment

With a little over a month left until the 2022 FIFA World Cup kicks off in Qatar, a string of French cities – including Paris, Lille, Bordeaux, Strasbourg and Marseille – have announced they are boycotting the tournament and will not set up the customary fan zones with giant TV…

France 24

Booking.com adds travel warnings for West Bank settlements

The online travel agency Booking

The Independent UK

Rights group blasts Turkey over plastic recycling health risks

Turkey's plastic recycling industry has been harshly criticised in a Human Rights Watch report that highlights health problems for workers and residents who live near processing plants. The report also attacks the European Union, for which Turkey is the primary plastics recycler.

Radio France Internationale

Commentary: The US neglects basic human rights for children

The U.S. record on protecting our children is abysmal. We try them as adults. Child marriage is still happening. So is corporal punishment and child labor.

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Children as young as nine say they are ill from work recycling plastic in Turkey

Human Rights Watch says failure to enforce laws worsens health impact at centres, amid steep rise in EU and UK waste exports

The Guardian - UK

UK boosts funding for crackdowns in Gulf states guilty of human rights abuses

Saudi Arabia given cash for ’counter terrorism’ – and Bahrain for ‘juvenile justice law’ blamed for arbitrary detentions of teenagers

The Independent UK

China faces pressure at United Nations after Xinjiang report

As Beijing seeks to avoid further censure over its policies against the Uighurs, calls grow for tougher action.

Al Jazeera

Is a California homeless law "coercive"?

A new California law ostensibly aimed at helping unhoused people shreds their autonomy, advocates say

Salon

Jordan steps up curbs on political dissent - HRW

Jordanian authorities have in the last four years intensified persecution and harassment of political opponents and ordinary citizens using a string of laws to silence critical voices, Human Rights Watch said on Sunday.Authorities used vague laws to detain, interrogate and harass journalists, political activists, members of political parties and independent…

Reuters

Izyum mass grave latest in alleged Russian atrocities meted out to Ukrainians

Moscow has repeatedly denied targeting civilians as well as committing war crimes in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Australian government reveals $2.5 million spend at Myanmar military-linked hotels in bloody aftermath of coup

A disclosure from Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong shows the government has spent $2.5 million at hotels with ties to the Myanmar military regime, despite Australia's repeated condemnation of the junta's violence and political executions.

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Al Jazeera

Egypt accused of thwarting environmental groups ahead of COP2

Human Rights Watch says the government has imposed obstacles ahead of the key climate conference.

Al Jazeera

UN approves Austria’s Volker Turk as new human rights chief

Turk’s immediate challenge is to follow up on previous UN rights chief’s report on abuse of Uighurs in China’s Xinjiang.

Al Jazeera

Vietnam arrests famous noodle vendor for ‘anti-state’ acts online

Beef noodle seller Bui Tuan Lam was accused of anti-state propaganda that distorted policies of ruling Communist Party.

Bangkok Post

Vietnam arrests 'anti-state' noodle vendor

HANOI: A noodle seller who became famous in Vietnam for a viral video that was widely viewed as mocking a top government official has been arrested, police said, the latest in a crackdown on critics of the country’s communist rulers.

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Vietnam arrests famous noodle vendor for 'anti-state' acts

A noodle seller famous in Vietnam over a viral video that was widely viewed as mocking a top government official has been arrested, police said, the latest in a crackdown on critics of the country's communist rulers.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Human Rights Groups Condemn Torture in Lebanese Prisons

International human rights groups Tuesday condemned acts of torture in Lebanese prisons following the death of a Syrian refugee in detention and urged authorities to transfer the investigation into his death from a military to a civil court. Photos surfaced last week of the battered body of a Syrian who…

The Guardian - UK

Hundreds of Hazaras killed by ISKP since Taliban took power, say rights group

Human Rights Watch says Taliban is failing to protect Shia minority from violent attacks on mosques, schools and workplaces

The Guardian - AU

China collecting DNA samples from across Tibet, says rights group

Human Rights Watch claims new evidence of a systemic DNA collection drive across Tibet as part of a ‘crime detection’ program

Daily Mirror

More scenes of torture and murder of Ukrainians will emerge in months, experts fear

Sources are understood to be "particularly concerned" about filtration camps amid reports of torture and murder, with a report by Human Rights Watch highlighting sickening treatment of people in Donetsk

Daily Mirror

China's treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang may be crimes against humanity, says UN

China may have committed crimes against humanity in their treatment of Uyghurs in its Xinjiang region, the UN human rights chief said, with a long awaited report published

Al Jazeera

The Uighur Australian who got his family home after 1,338 days

Sadam Abdusalam never gave up the struggle to get his wife and son out of China and is telling their story in a book.

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